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No. 6 Leicester, April 24^th. 1795.

Dear friend,

Your No. 6 I, with pleasure,
received, as I was preparing for a visit to Dor-
chester. I intended to answer it, while at D.
but I had so much visiting to atone for 9
months' absence, that I could not command
a single moment. I cannot but lament the
delay of writing, as it has probably deprived
me of 2 or 3 agreeable letters. I am now left,
like others, who are negligent, to repent mis-
conduct and promise amendment.
"Ah! you have visited D.? How did
"you enjoy yourself?" Very well, I assure you.
The better, perhaps, as I received the most agree-
able impressions by the way. With that said
"kindred soul," you may depend. Several of your
queries are fresh in my mind, which I would
willingly answer. But on such a delicate
subject, you will not expect particulars in
a letter. Suffice to say, that her religion,
her sensibility, her amiable dispositions, and
her taste for domestic life, with several other
[...]reeable considerations, have given her the
[...]rst place in my heart.